Difficult path to diagnosis

My story is that for around a year before my diagnosis in May 2017, my upper mouth was painful, reddened and despite visits to dentists and specialist dentist (and a biopsy in 2015) the answer was “candida, and you need to clean better behind that bridge”…. I pushed...

Tongue Cancer Story from USA – new therapy

Thank you to the Charleston newspaper for this detailed story on one of our most common head and neck cancers.  Charleston City Market stalwart returning to activities after bout with oral cancer Leslie Cantu   June 16, 2023      Susan Shelton creates...

Cancer vet muses on complementary therapies

Our policy as a charity is to stick to tried and true cancer treatment but there are complementary therapies that might provide comfort and enhance health. Here is a personal attempt to clarify the somewhat murky field of alternative and complementary treatments....

Double thickness skin graft for head and neck cancer

  I couldn’t find anything much about skin grafts for oral cancer/head and neck cancer on the internet so I’m writing about my experience to help others. I’ve had two recently.  Double thickness skin grafts they were called. The removal of both the epidermis and the...

Surviving after head and neck recurrences

Feb 28, 2023 – anticipating 6th cancer surgery Tomorrow I go into the hospital for my 5th head and neck cancer op. It will be one of my smallest ops but I’m old now and I’ve had one huge surgery and three smaller head and neck ones (for non-cancer purposes) ...